Praising the Lord!!

I didn't post yesterday. I will be honest it was because I was having a pity party. I did my reading and writing of the passage but didn't do anything more. I have Myasthenia Gravis that, after 13 years of remission, has become very active again in a fierce way. I allowed it to get me down yesterday.
Today, before I started reading/writing. I prayed for the passage to be encouraging and uplifting and make me smile. Then, I started reading and it was encouraging but also convicting.

Psalm 98:1-9
     O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
    The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
    He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
    Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
    Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
    With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
    Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
    Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Any time I think of this passage the first verse I think of is verse 4  Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
I love to sing but sadly I often allow my "mood" to dictate if I sing or not. As I thought about this familiar passage before I started reading. I started more of a pity party.
When I think of singing to the Lord, I think of praising him. Today the first thought that came to my mind was "Praise Him for what? I am struggling physically. What do I have to be happy about or praise him for." Yes, I was really feeling sorry for myself. When I do that I make the mistake of thinking my circumstances = happiness.
Then I started reading. This passage declares why we should sing to Him. "he hath done marvellous things:" "made known his salvation" "all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation".
I have reason to sing if for no other reason than just my salvation that IS reason to sing.
After I took a minute to truly thank God for who he is and what he has done for me. I read the passage again.
I homeschool our 3 boys. One area all 3 have worked on this year in Language Arts is sentences. We have working on kinds of sentences. Imperative is a command and many times has an understood you. I noticed these phrases.
     O sing unto the Lord
     Make a joyful noise
     Sing unto the Lord
All commands. We are supposed to sing unto the Lord.
I have to choose to be joyful. I will be open. I am struggling right now. There are days that physically I can not do the basic things I usually do around the house. My husband and boys are having to do a lot of the cleaning and cooking. I am frustrated by this after being symptom free so long. I don't like that I am so tired at times I can't hold my head up. BUT I do have MUCH to be thankful for.
I was symptom free 13 years. I am only having symptoms in the high mild to low moderate range. I know many people with worse symptoms. My husband is willing to help without complaining. I was able to get meds.

God is good all the time, all the time God is.
I needed to be reminded today that God is good and I should sing and make a joyful noise.

Again thanks for listening to the rambling.